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Installing Cassandra on Mac OS X

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Installing Cassandra on Mac OS X

Install Homebrew

Homebrew is a great little package manager for OS X. If you haven't already, installing it is pretty easy:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"

Install Python

Mac OS X has a copy of Python preinstalled, but this makes sure you get the newest version.

brew install python

Install cql

To use cqlsh, the Cassandra query language shell, you need to install cql:

pip install cql

Install Cassandra

This installs Apache Cassandra:

brew install cassandra

Starting/Stopping Cassandra

Use this command to start Cassandra:

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.cassandra.plist

Use this command to stop Cassandra:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.cassandra.plist

On Mavericks, Homebrew failed to move the plist file into LaunchAgents, which gives this error message:

launchctl: Couldn't stat("/Users/<user>/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.cassandra.plist"): No such file or directory

To fix this just issue the following command. Then, try using the launchctl load command again:

cp /usr/local/Cellar/cassandra/<version number>/homebrew.mxcl.cassandra.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

Cassandra file locations

Properties: /usr/local/etc/cassandra
Logs: /usr/local/var/log/cassandra
Data: /usr/local/var/lib/cassandra/data

Links

[Apache Cassandra] (http://cassandra.apache.org/)
[Datastax Cassandra Documentation] (http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/gettingStartedCassandraIntro.html)

Have fun with Cassandra!

gatageek commented Jun 24, 2019

Hello jamesaq12wsx, thasleembasha and BamdadNouri, I'm running Mohave 10.14.5 and I installed Cassandra 3.11.4 and I was facing the exact same issue that you were. Whenever I tried to run the cqlsh command I would get back the same error than you. So I tried running the command cassandra first and then I would get back: Cassandra 3.0 and later require Java 8u40 or later.

After doing my research I found that my JDK version was 6.1,(you can run the command $ ls /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/) in my case was 1.6, so I went to
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html and downloaded/installed the JDK 8.2.11 (I choose this version cause, when i check on System Preferences/JAVA/Update tab, my JRE version is the same 8.2.11).

So after I did that, then I went to the terminal, and initiated cqlsh and everything worked as expected, I really hope this helps.

Thanks,

nosyarlin commented Jul 27, 2019

Hello jamesaq12wsx, thasleembasha and BamdadNouri, I was facing the exact same problem for much of today. I am running Mojave 10.14.5 as well with JDK 1.8. The problem went away after I ran the command cassandra. I have no idea what it did but it solved my problem.

VishwasShashidhar commented Jul 31, 2019

Thanks a lot!

anandafit commented Sep 24, 2019

Hello jamesaq12wsx, thasleembasha and BamdadNouri, I'm running Mohave 10.14.5 and I installed Cassandra 3.11.4 and I was facing the exact same issue that you were. Whenever I tried to run the cqlsh command I would get back the same error than you. So I tried running the command cassandra first and then I would get back: Cassandra 3.0 and later require Java 8u40 or later.

After doing my research I found that my JDK version was 6.1,(you can run the command $ ls /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/) in my case was 1.6, so I went to
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html and downloaded/installed the JDK 8.2.11 (I choose this version cause, when i check on System Preferences/JAVA/Update tab, my JRE version is the same 8.2.11).

So after I did that, then I went to the terminal, and initiated cqlsh and everything worked as expected, I really hope this helps.

Thanks,

I got the same issue with java 11. Then changed java version to 1.8 and ran the cassandra f. then the cqlsh word as normal.
cqlsh Connected to Test Cluster at 127.0.0.1:9042. [cqlsh 5.0.1 | Cassandra 3.11.4 | CQL spec 3.4.4 | Native protocol v4] Use HELP for help. cqlsh>
it seems like again there is an issue with java 11 here.

MahdiurRahman commented Oct 29, 2019

Hello jamesaq12wsx, thasleembasha and BamdadNouri, I was facing the exact same problem for much of today. I am running Mojave 10.14.5 as well with JDK 1.8. The problem went away after I ran the command cassandra. I have no idea what it did but it solved my problem.

LMAO this is hilarious. Also this worked for me. Might also try running
cassandra -f

6thpath commented Mar 14, 2020

thank you :)

chnirt commented Mar 26, 2020

thank you :)

nalhaidari commented Apr 28, 2020

Thank you :)

xApnea commented Jul 14, 2020

I'm on mojave, and instead of running pip install cql, I had to use pip3 install cql.

AgusQuintanar commented Aug 20, 2020

that is because you have python 3 and not python 2. mac os version doesn't matter

amanda1210 commented Oct 23, 2020

It seems like the URL in Install Homebrew section is 404 not found. And I found a new one that works:

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Hope it's helpful.

rush2abhi commented Oct 23, 2020

I am still facing the same issue on running cqlsh. Using Catalina OS - 10.15.7

a0s commented Jan 4, 2021 •

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So, what i have:

This is not working (there is infinite loop in logs):

brew services start cassandra

But this is working:

JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8.0_275` cassandra -f

And i wondering how to update /usr/local/Cellar/cassandra/3.11.9_1/homebrew.mxcl.cassandra.plist properly?

I tried this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>KeepAlive</key>
	<true/>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>homebrew.mxcl.cassandra</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8.0_275`</string>
		<string>/usr/local/opt/cassandra/bin/cassandra</string>
		<string>-f</string>
	</array>
	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
	<true/>
	<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
	<string>/usr/local/var/lib/cassandra</string>
</dict>
</plist>

and this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>KeepAlive</key>
	<true/>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>homebrew.mxcl.cassandra</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home</string>
		<string>/usr/local/opt/cassandra/bin/cassandra</string>
		<string>-f</string>
	</array>
	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
	<true/>
	<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
	<string>/usr/local/var/lib/cassandra</string>
</dict>
</plist>

without any success

UPD: the final variant

/usr/local/Cellar/cassandra/3.11.9_1/homebrew.mxcl.cassandra.sh (don't forget chmod +x):

#!/bin/sh
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)
/usr/local/bin/cassandra -f

/usr/local/Cellar/cassandra/3.11.9_1/homebrew.mxcl.cassandra.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>KeepAlive</key>
	<true/>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>homebrew.mxcl.cassandra</string>
	<key>Program</key>
	<string>/usr/local/Cellar/cassandra/3.11.9_1/homebrew.mxcl.cassandra.sh</string>
	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
	<true/>
	<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
	<string>/usr/local/var/lib/cassandra</string>
</dict>
</plist>

kharmabum commented Jan 29, 2021

@a0s 🙇

nbhargav3 commented Apr 11, 2021

@a0s literally a savior, thanks!

martingg88 commented Jul 18, 2021

I am trying to install Stratio plugin and in the guiding here they say:

Copy the generated JAR to the lib folder of your compatible Cassandra installation: cp plugin/target/cassandra-lucene-index-plugin-*.jar <CASSANDRA_HOME>/lib/

my question is where is CASSANDRA_HOME because i couldn't find any directory including cassandra and has lib as subdirectory?

@ramialbatal you manage to solve this issue?

FanchenBao commented May 19, 2022

pip install cql has been deprecated. cqlsh now comes with brew install cassandra.

hkhamm/installing_cassandra.md

Installing Cassandra on Mac OS X

Install Homebrew

Install Python

Install cql

Install Cassandra

Starting/Stopping Cassandra

Cassandra file locations

Links

gatageek commented Jun 24, 2019

nosyarlin commented Jul 27, 2019

VishwasShashidhar commented Jul 31, 2019

anandafit commented Sep 24, 2019

MahdiurRahman commented Oct 29, 2019

6thpath commented Mar 14, 2020

chnirt commented Mar 26, 2020

nalhaidari commented Apr 28, 2020

xApnea commented Jul 14, 2020

AgusQuintanar commented Aug 20, 2020

amanda1210 commented Oct 23, 2020

rush2abhi commented Oct 23, 2020

a0s commented Jan 4, 2021 • edited Loading

kharmabum commented Jan 29, 2021

nbhargav3 commented Apr 11, 2021

martingg88 commented Jul 18, 2021

FanchenBao commented May 19, 2022

a0s commented Jan 4, 2021 •

edited

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